About Italian TPR Agricultural Horses

Italian TPR AgriculturalrnHorses are draught horses, characterized by a heavy frame and great developmentrnof the muscles and the skeleton, are differentiated into slow heavy draught horses,rnrepresented by the Belga breed, and fast heavy draught horses, represented by thernItalian Agricultural Horse. Thanks to its high speed of growth and the notable developmentrnof its muscle mass, these alter are also particularly appropriate for the productionrnof meat.

The Italian TPR AgriculturalrnHorse has its origin in the plane of Venice, Ferrara and Friuli. At first stallionsrnfrom Polesine were used, but later on English thoroughbred stallions were introduced,rnalong with Hackneys and Arab thoroughbreds. Around 1900 production was increasedrnby recourse to the Boulonnais, Ardennais and Norfolk-Breton breeds.

rnrnThe Stud Book is heldrnby the National Association of Breeders of the Italian TPR Agricultural Horse.